5593.08
Bridge commissions - powers and duties.

(C)
Maintain a principal office and suboffices at such places within the county or
city as it designates;

(D)
Sue and be sued in its own name, and plead and be impleaded. Any actions
against a bridge commission shall be brought in the court of common pleas of
the county in which the principal office of the commission is located, or in
the court of common pleas of the county in which the cause of action arose,
when such county is located within this state. All summonses, exceptions, and
notices of every kind shall be served on the commission by leaving a copy
thereof at the principal office with the secretary-treasurer or the person in
charge.

(E)
Construct, acquire by purchase or condemnation, improve, maintain, repair,
police, and operate any bridge, and establish rules for the use of any such
bridge;

(F)
Issue
bridge revenue bonds of the county or city, payable solely from revenues, as
provided in sections
5593.10 and
5593.16 of the Revised Code, for
the purpose of paying any part of the cost of any bridge or bridges;

(G)
Fix and revise from time to time and charge and collect tolls for transit over
each bridge constructed or acquired by it;

(H)
Acquire, hold, and dispose of real and personal property in the exercise of its
powers and the performance of its duties under this chapter;

(I)
Acquire, in the name of the county or city, as the case may be, by purchase or
otherwise, on such terms and in such manner as it determines proper, or by the
exercise of the right of condemnation in the manner provided by sections
163.01 to
163.22 of the Revised Code, any
bridge, land, rights, easements, franchises, and other property necessary or
convenient for the construction of a bridge or the improvement or efficient
operation of any property acquired or constructed under this chapter, or for
securing right-of-way leading to any such bridge or its approach
facilities;

(J)
Make and
enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the
performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under this chapter:

(1)
When the cost under any such contract or agreement, other than compensation for
personal services, involves an expenditure of more than ten thousand dollars,
the commission shall make a written contract with the lowest and best bidder
after advertisement for not less than two consecutive weeks, or as provided in section
7.16 of the
Revised Code, in a newspaper of general circulation in Franklin county,
and in such other publications as the commission determines, which notice shall
state the general character of the work and the general character of the
materials to be furnished, the place where plans and specifications therefor
may be examined, and the time and place of receiving bids.

(2)
Each bid for a contract for the construction, demolition, alteration, repair,
or reconstruction of an improvement shall contain the full name of every person
interested in it and meets the requirements of section
153.54 of the Revised
Code.

(3)
Each bid
for a contract except as provided in division (J)(2) of this section shall
contain the full name of every person or company interested in it and shall be
accompanied by a bond or certified check on a solvent bank, in such amount as
the commission determines sufficient, that if the bid is accepted a contract
will be entered into and the performance of its proposal secured.

(5)
A bond with good and sufficient surety, approved by the commission, shall be
required of every contractor awarded a contract except as provided in division
(J)(2) of this section, in an amount equal to at least fifty per cent of the
contract price, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the
contract.

(K)
Employ consulting engineers, superintendents, managers, engineers, construction
and accounting experts, attorneys, and other employees and agents as are
necessary in its judgment, and fix their compensation. All such expenses are
payable solely from the proceeds of bridge revenue bonds issued under this
chapter, or from revenues.

(L)
Receive and accept from any federal agency, subject to the approval of the
board of county commissioners or the legislative authority of the city, as the
case may be, grants for or in aid of the construction, acquisition,
improvement, or operation of any bridge, and receive and accept aid or
contributions from any source of money, property, labor, or other things of
value, to be held, used, and applied only for the purposes for which such
grants and contributions are made;